keynote presentation - louis reynolds, demos
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Service NationLouis Reynolds – Researcher@leh_reynolds
Britain’s leading cross-party think tank.
Research across public services from health and social care to education and political reform, extremism and digital technology.
Service Nation 2020 (2015)Character Nation (2015)Tune in, Turn Out (2015)Like, Share, Vote (2014)
Service Nation 2020• Supported by Generation Change. • Jonathan Birdwell, Ralph Scott & Myself.•www.demos.co.uk/publications
•Why youth social action is important, the evidence for it, the past five years, what youth social action can achieve, the next five years.
Why youth social action? The individual
• Labour market skills, Labour market outcomes• Academic skills• Character education •Mental Health
• Benefits to civil society• Benefits to (peripheral) service delivery.• Big Society? •Making volunteering genuinely deliver.
Why youth social action? Society
The growing evidence base behind youth social action
• Behavioural Insights Team: RCTs of The Citizenship Foundation, Envision and Voluntary Action Within Kent programmes - empathy, problem solving , cooperation, grit and resilience, and sense of community. • Cabinet Office Journey Fund: Youth United – communication, creativity, empathy, resilience, agency.
• Level 2 standards of evidence for: Duke of Edinburgh, UK Youth, vInspired, Student Hubs, City Year.• The Citizenship Foundation Programme, Join In: Self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, resilience, reduced anxiety, increased positivity.•NCS, Impact of Volunteering on Social Capital and Community Cohesion report: increased social mixing.
• City Year, Community Service Volunteering at Home: increased volunteering, voter turnout. •US, DfE, Ofsted and NCS evidence: academic motivation and attainment.• Americorps, NCS, London Youth: labour outcomes.
The past five years
• Creation of the Generation Change coalition.• Launch of the Step Up To Serve #iwill campaign. • Consensus around a definition of youth social action.• Creation and growth of National Citizen Service (NCS).• Cross-party support – Nicky Morgan and Tristram Hunt.• Cabinet Office.
The next five years • Office for Civil Society – Comprehensive cross-departmental strategy. • Independent social action coordinating body.• Social action should be embedded in schools – The GiveBacc & British Values.• Full-time social action service year as a school leaver pathway. • A quality mark for social action provision, for schools and funders.
